Comments by "" (@MeanBeanComedy) on "Juana Maria | The Woman Who Inspired "Island Of The Blue Dolphins"" video.

  1. Probably not very much. They didn't industrialize or move on from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, which are two things necessary before a society begins collecting and categorizing knowledge.
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  2.  @voodoofairy  oh good grief, industrialization isn't build on slavery per say. It may have been in some countries, but not all. Industrialization IS a de facto parte Of a successful civilization, because without engineering and medicine, you end up dying out like the Mayans or Indus Valley civ. There is a certain amount of knowledge you need to industrialize, but until you industrialize after acquiring said knowledge, you hit a wall where you can go no further as a society.
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  3.  @pij6277  Do you have any reliable, peer-reviewed evidence as a source for that claim?
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  4.  @voodoofairy  Achieving a level of technology similar to post-industrial revolution societies.
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  5.  Rose Orchard  The Mayans died off due to climate change and famine. Their glory days passed long before the Europeans arrived. The rest were decimated by disease.
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